Congratulations to the students of the month of March:

Takwa Munassar

Deanna Zaghir

Ali Yassine

Keep up the great work!!!!!

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a restful and enjoyable holiday and break.

Coming this week…

We are starting a new unit called Amazing Creatures:

• Week1-Interesting insects

Reading:We will read plenty of informational and non-fiction books about all kinds of insects this week. We will read to collect information to guide our writing.  We will also read a play about An Ant and The Grasshopper we will create a Frayer Diagram to record characters, setting, Author’s Purpose, and a favorite part of a story.

• Comprehension strategy: Asking questions
• Comprehension skill:  Classify and categorize

Writing: Its all about informational writing! We will be asking questions about insects and answering in complete sentences.  We will ask a question and research an answer using the text provided or the infamous Google.

• For example:
  • Can a lady bug fly? Yes, a ladybug can fly.
  • Can bugs live in the water? Yes, some bugs can live in water.

Word Family: (-ig) big, fig, gig, jig, pig, rig, twig

Spelling Words: he, she, yes, no, insects, jig, big, wig, rig, twig

Math: We are starting a weaving project.  We will also practice basic addition and subtraction. To practice with your child make sure they pay attention to the symbol (+,-).  We will also review reading clocks to the nearest hour. We will also continue practicing writing number 0-100.

Science: We will continue our investigation about plants. Some plants have sprouted! We will observe how much our plants have grown over break and record our findings in our science journal. We will continue to identify what plants need for growth and create a flip book. We will also discuss what photosynthesis means to plants. Photosynthesis means the process of how plants make their food.

• There is a really cool game to play under class links called Growing Plants. I introduced it in the classroom. Your child will love it.

Have a great week!

-Ms. Mohamed

Wednesday, March 23, 2016 @ 9:00: Maya’s mom

9:10: Adam’s mom

3:10: Zein’s mom

Thursday, March 24, 2016 @3:10: Layla’s dad

Happy Spring! 

Four days this week. Short week-Spring break begins Friday, March 25. Students will return Monday, April 4th.

We planted our flowers last week, so why not dive in and learn about different kind of flowers????

Reading: We will read Sunflower house, The Garden Grows, and the Elephant and the Rabbit.

Writing: We will be writing a description about a particular flower. Students will pick a flower and write its description. Sentence stem: ____ are ____. Examples include: roses are red. Roses can have sharp thorns. Roses are beautiful.

Word Family: (-un) bun, fun, sun, run, stun

Spelling words: little, said, here, was, bun, fun, sun, run, plant, grow

Spelling Test Thursday!

Math: Subtraction practice. Students will practice decomposing number 10 using manipulatives. 10-7=3, 10-6=4, 10-5=5

Science: Plant parts and planting investigation continued. We will create diagrams of a plant and labeling its parts. We will continue to monitor plants currently growing.

Congratulations to the students of the month of February:

Celine Soueid

Naveen Alkadi

Tristian Lahay

Keep up the great work!!!!!

Literacy Unit: How plants grow?

Reading: We will be reading Seed Secrets, Poems: In my garden, Mary Mary Quite Contrary, The conceited apple branch

Writing: How seeds get to certain places. Sentence stem: Seeds travel____.

Word family: -ug ( bug, hug, plug, tug, mug, shrug, snug)

Spelling words: here, was, hug, tug, bug, mug, plug, plants

Math: review base-ten counting, clocks to the nearest hour, add and subtracting fluently within 5, greater and less than within 5. Math test Thursday. Study guide was sent last week for review. If you need the study guide, refer to last post.

Science: We are planting! We are investigating plant needs for survival and plant parts.

Keep in Mind:

• Late start, Wednesday, March 16th.
• Last day for 3rd card marking period- Friday, March 18th.

Updated Readers Schedule:

Friday, March 18, 2016 @ 9:00: Ali D.’s mom

9:10: Naveen’s mom

3:10: Nora’s dad

Wednesday, March 23, 2016 @ 9:00: Maya’s mom

9:10: Adam’s mom

3:10: Zein’s mom

Thursday, March 24, 2016 @3:10: Layla’s dad

• A Study Guide for your child’s math test was sent home today. The test will be Thursday next week. We will review all concepts next week. Please practice and get your child prepared.

• Note for Skate night by the PTA came home today.
• Picture day is Tuesday, March 15.
• Late Start is Wednesday, March 16.

-Ms. Mohamed

READING-Week 1 of Unit 8  How Trees Grow

COMPREHENSION STRATEGY-Recognize text structure

COMPREHENSION SKILL-Retelling, sequencing 

WRITING-STEPS IN A PROCESS (First,__. Next,___. Last,___.)

WORDS-little   said

LETTERS-K k   Ck

SPELLING WORDS-  up  down  cop  hop  mop  pop  stop  grow  trees

MATH-Money!!  Adding coins    quarters, nickels, dimes, pennies-Let them count your change.  Like many other things in life, practice, practice, practice!!  

Writing numbers 0-100

SCIENCE-We’ll be observing plants.  Observation is a keep step in the Scientific Process.  

Updated Schedule for parent readers: 

Tuesday, March 8, 2016 @ 9:00: Deanna’s mom & Xavier’s mom

9:10: Jake’s aunt

3:10: Nora’s mom

Friday, March 11, 2016 @ 9:00:Hassan’s mom

9:10: Ali Y.’s mom

3:10: Ali C.’s mom

Friday, March 18, 2016 @ 9:00: Ali D.’s mom

9:10: Naveen’s mom

3:10: Nora’s dad

Wednesday, March 23, 2016 @ 9:00: Maya’s mom

9:10:

3:10: Zein’s mom

Notes:

• No homework this week. Read the books in the bag and record your minutes daily. Turn in your reading tickets on Friday!
• Practice Spelling words this week. Test on Friday!